nation-building
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"We will join the nation-building effort led by Tarique Rahman," Md Fazlur Rahman, 45, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
The approach might be called “nation-coaching” rather than nation-building, said Javier Corrales, a political scientist whose research at Amherst College has focused on democracy and Latin America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
The act will "remove trade barriers, expedite nation-building projects, and unleash economic growth, with Indigenous partnership at the centre of this growth," Carney said last week.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
At the founding, and the court endorsed a regime of nation-building in which the mix between government and markets supported an emerging economic nation.
From Slate ● May 30, 2024
The influence of the American experiment in nation-building now became pronounced.
From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley
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